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Old 04-26-2011, 01:44 PM
 
Location: Round Rock, Texas
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What was this military (US Navy?) P3 Orion Hurricane Hunter doing buzzing our neighborhood several times this past Friday evening around 7-7:30pm? It isn't capable of fire-fighting.

Anybody know?

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Old 04-26-2011, 01:46 PM
 
Location: 78747
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I had seen one of those taking off from ABIA last friday about that time and it made a b-line heading NW shortly after taking off. Looked like they had a specific mission of sorts.
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Old 04-26-2011, 01:52 PM
 
Location: Cedar Park
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Was it just one, or were there a string of them headed elsewhere? There's a big front heading through the northern midwest, and they may be going to help predict tornadoes.
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Old 04-26-2011, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Round Rock, Texas
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There was just the one from what I could tell.

It made at least a half dozen wide circles around the area over a period of 10-15 minutes.

The last time I saw it, it was going due south.
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Old 04-26-2011, 02:04 PM
 
Location: 78747
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The last time I saw it, it was going due south.
Maybe it was flying back to ABIA, as it is almost directly south of Brushy Creek.

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Old 04-26-2011, 02:15 PM
 
Location: West Round Rock
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I don't know if it can fight fires, but I assumed it was related to the brush fires.
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Old 04-26-2011, 04:12 PM
 
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I saw it too, no idea why though.
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Old 04-26-2011, 05:12 PM
 
Location: Round Rock
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I saw it too. It kept circling so low it kind of freaked me out. Turned on the news to make sure I wasn't missing anything.
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Old 04-26-2011, 05:18 PM
 
Location: Texas Hill Country
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I know last weekend we drove thru Burnet and they seem to be having some sort of old miltary plane get together...
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Old 04-27-2011, 08:20 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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IDK, saw a couple of F16s and A10 Warthogs .
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